A call from this number came through to my cell phone. My son just started as a freshman at UCLA, so when I saw Los Angeles area call I was understandably concerned. Now reading this blog I do think it was fundraising from UCLA, and this very likely originated from UCLA somehow because they are the only people in that area (we are in NC) that have my cell number. Overall I have found their fundraising very aggressive, we have received heavy pressure mail solicitations, and as brand new student parents struggling under the weight of out of state tuition we are not amused.
Caller didn't leave a message on my machine and the caller id said "UCLA" which probably means telemarketer/scammer since every legitimate caller I know leaves a message. So I ran 3 reverse traces using 3 different types of traces and all were blocked for a person or business name and the only information was a general location of West Los Angeles, California using a service provider of Verizon California Inc.-CA(GTE) which is a favorite for scammers. This is definitely a scammer that is either spoofing numbers and/or using a Voip system while phishing for personal information and running some scam ( i.e. Donations for some (fake) UCLA related organization etc. ). A legitimate business or college would never hide their identity and location from the public by blocking a trace. DON'T ANSWER AND DO NOT CALL BACK FOR ANY REASON. Block and report to the proper authorities. Phone companies should be held responsible for these types of calls since they are making money from them by providing the systems and services that these scammers use and possibly farming out numbers too.
NOTE: Related phone numbers using the same scam from the same area.
310-206-8420, 310-206-8469, 310-206-8481
A call from this number came through to my cell phone. My son just started as a freshman at UCLA, so when I saw Los Angeles area call I was understandably concerned. Now reading this blog I do think it was fundraising from UCLA, and this very likely originated from UCLA somehow because they are the only people in that area (we are in NC) that have my cell number. Overall I have found their fundraising very aggressive, we have received heavy pressure mail solicitations, and as brand new student parents struggling under the weight of out of state tuition we are not amused.